>>Originally Posted by futurecurrents
There was no abdication of duty by Obama or Clinton. There was no ignored 3am call.
There was no military response possible. If there was, they would have done it.
Wow you are deluded.<<
This is actually the democrat/media spin. Anyone who disagrees with it can expect to be attacked for trying to "exploit" a tragedy.
1. Poor decisionmaking created a situation where the Ambassador was meeting with the Turkish Ambassador in an insecure area that he had been repeatedly warned about. There is an underground effort to blame Amb. Stevens for all of this, but we have never gotten to the bottom ofwhat he was doing and why, and who approved the security arrangement or vetoed requests for adequate security.
The fact remains that he and some brave guards who had no role in the decisions were killed, and we have no answers as to why.
2. We had no way of knowing how long the fight would continue or whether military rescue would be possible. In fact, it was possible. Fighter jets could have been dispatched from Italy and could have at least buzzed the attack, possibly forcing them to break off or could have dropped munitions. Airborne troops at Africa command were on the runway ready to go and told to stand down. Even relief elements in Libya were told to stand down.
3. The evidence is quite clear that the overriding factor for the State Department was avoiding the risk of offending the Libyans. They saw an armed rescue attempt as violating Libyan sovereignty, as ridiculous as that sounds. We chose diplomatic niceties with a failed state over the lives of Americans. Scary. Jay Carney said to even suggest that was "disgusting". He is right. It is disgusting, but that doesn't make it go away.
4. We could have mounted a retaliatory air attack on the islamist militia immediately after the attack, We could have attacked them later. We could have sent in a kill team to deal with them. We could have sent in a drone to take out their leaders or the people we supposedly identified. We could have arrested some of them, even if it meant doing a rendition. Other than send in some FBI agents weeks later to poke around, we have done nothing. Nothing.
5. Rather than answer legitimate questions, Hillary threw a tantrum before the senate committee, screeching "what does it matter" repeatedly. Very presidential.